Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science
Master of Business Administration
Often called the Siberian hermit; rarely leaves remote town of Surgut. Avoids public attention and the trappings of wealth. A professional driller, he was appointed chief executive of Surgutneftegas at 33. In early 1990s privatized the company with his fellow managers; it's now Russia's fourth-largest oil concern but considered one of its least transparent.